Total Crime Rate
493.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Stockholm Way area has the 4th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in St Katharine's & Wapping , and the 55th highest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Stockholm Way (E1W 1YQ) in the last 12 months was 493.9 per 1,000 residents and was 222.1% higher than the St Katharine's & Wapping average (153.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 146.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 142.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 37.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stockholm Way (E1W 1YQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Virginia Street, where police recorded 67 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nesham Street (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In St Katharine's & Wapping| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | East Smithfield | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Saint Anthony'S Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nesham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nesham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Redmead Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stockholm Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Stockholm Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Mews Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mews Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burr Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Burr Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Burr Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Virginia Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Virginia Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Lilley Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Fowey Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Fowey Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Fowey Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Welland Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Welland Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Asher Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Roding Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lime Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lily Close | — |
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